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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSAKT. 31 DiTvidy V. divided. ' We diwid them as well as we end.' So [doo], V. to recover from illness. *Vm thinkin' he*s not goin' to do.' i, sb, gmel. Dookan, sh, a dock-plant When a boy gets stnng by a nettle he searches for a dock leaf, and rube it on the wounded part, repeating the charm, ' Bockan, jDockan, in. Nettle, nettle, out.' Dofe, adj. heavy ; stupid, as with a cold ; also to describe a dull heavy soimd. Dof^ r. to take the full bobbins off a spinning-frame in a milL DoflTer, sb. a girl who doffs, f . e. takes off the full bobbins from the Bpinning f^^es. The doffer$ are the youngest girls employed in flax spinning-miLlB. Dog, sb. the end of a rainbow. It generally precedes or accompanies a squall at sea. Same as Weather galL Dog wilk, sb. a sea mollusc, Purpura lapillus. Doing of^ sb, a scolding. Doifhered, adj. doting ; bewildered. Dolachan, sb. a large lake trout, not so large as the 'buddagh,' but same species {Sdlmo fercx), Doldram, adj. confused ; stupid. Dolfer, Dolver, sb. a large marble. Dolly. * He had hardly a dolly on him,' means he had scarcely any dothee on him. Done, V. did. In the same way ' seen ' is used for saw ; ' had went,' for had gone, ftc. Done man, sb. a worn-out old man. Donse, sb. the deviL Donsy, Dannoey, adj. sick ; sick-looking Dool, sb. a kind of naiL An iron spike, sharp at both ends. Dooled, a cooper^s term. " The head and bottom equally dooled and set into the cross."— Se(/a«< New-letter, 1738. Dooless, adj. helpless ; thriftless. Dom, sb. a narrow neck of water (not fordable) between two islands, or between an ialand and the mainland (Strangford Lough). Dotard, o^;. doting. Dotther, v. to totter. Donee, adj. neat; tidy. Door, adj. sulky; disagreeable.